Splitsville

In a week where a hopeful wedding dominates the headlines, all I can say is, gosh, this piece on divorce by family law attorney David T. Pisarra is sad: Welcome to the Danger Zone

Italian indulgence

Loved the essay by Gabrielle Hamilton in the May (Italy) issue of Bon Appetit called Blood, Bones and Baked Eggplant. I read it on a train over the weekend and was ticked off when we pulled into our destination before I was finished with the story (thanks to friend...

‘Reality’ television

They say it’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind and so I did. After avoiding all things royal wedding, I watched a sappy movie, William and Kate, and opened myself up to possibility. Today’s Game Plan: Thankfully, Not a Grimm’s Fairy...

Letting light in

Cannot wait to see the Rooms with a View: The Open Window in the 19th Century exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in a few weeks. Perhaps it will give another layer of meaning to this favorite photo of mine (below) taken by a friend in Ireland. One quote from...

Verse and more verse

Another poem. Another poet. This one from the April (poetry) issue of O The Oprah Magazine: Kindness by Naomi Shihab Nye Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth. What you held in...